Saudi Arabia plans to move ahead with a major investment conference in Riyadh despite Houthi attacks on the kingdom, offering on-site and virtual attendance as well as alternative air and land travel routes, diplomatic sources told AFP. Riyadh usually hosts a packed calendar of events, but it has recently seen escalating military tensions with the…
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle said Tuesday she would resign, shortly after new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said Guilfoyle was being asked to leave her post. “While my time as Ambassador may be coming to an end, my commitment to President Trump, the America First movement, and the country I love will…
Nairobi — The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a political declaration calling for stronger global cooperation to prevent and respond to future pandemics, with the United States, Israel and Argentina voting against the text. The declaration received 153 votes in favour, while New Zealand and Paraguay abstained, according to the reported voting record. Rwanda,…
21m ago Saudi Arabia vows response after deadly Houthi attacks on airports Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Monday that the kingdom had been tested, but would mount an “equally serious” response to a string of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s international airport by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Lethal airport strikes have rocked the world’s top…
President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia will supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market under a deal he struck with President Vladimir Putin during a phone call. Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by 500,000 tons in November, and 1 million tons immediately thereafter,…
US Labor Secretary Keith E. Sonderling speaks, flanked by Attorney General Todd Blanche and US Vice President JD Vance as they make an H-1B fraud announcement during a press conference on anti-fraud initiatives in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, D.C., US, October 8, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters…
Denied Due Process; Some Returned to Danger in Home Countries The United States has sent more than 500 people whom it cannot deport to their own countries, because of the danger they would face, there to various countries in Africa where they have no connections, without giving them a meaningful chance to contest their removals…
Nairobi — The United States has backed a stronger African Union-United Nations partnership to address conflicts across the continent, saying a UN framework for financing AU-led peace operations could provide a useful tool in responding to Africa’s security crises. U.S. Representative for UN Management and Reform Ambassador Jeffrey Bartos told the Security Council that closer…
Vance says Iran must do “something meaningful on enrichment capacity” to end the war, as Rubio claims Tehran has “lost complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz.
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said trade talks with the U.S. had reached a plateau, adding to growing skepticism around a deal between New Delhi and Washington. “Negotiations are still ongoing, although we’d like to believe that both sides have reached a plateau beyond which giving or taking might be very very difficult,” Sitharaman said,…
